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-J* PRESS QUERY COMPANY (OpUnit or Corporate): MIC SUBJECT: OCP AT STURGEON REPORTER : MEDIA: Howard M i t c h e l l (314) 4 4 9 - 1 4 0 0 KFRU-Radio C o lu m b ia , Mo. TIME D A T E : 'May ,1 4, , 1. 9D7-,9n - - 2. : 1, 2 p . m . QUESTION L RESPONSE: X News Bureau X J. T. Nolan X J. E. McKee ____ D. R. Bishop ____ \V. J. McCarville ____ W. R. Mulhall X J. F. Husscy-Washington, D.C. . ^ S. Pickard-Voshington, D.C. - ^ New York Public Relations ____ Brussels Public Relations ____ MAP PR __ X MCI PR (UTTSpano) ' _X_M ICPR (Glynn Young) ____ MPR PR MTC PR INT' L PR X J . R. Foehr X T. L. Gossage X E . H. H arbison X E . L . Head X J . S. M etcalf X J . c. M c P h illip s Q. Have y o u don e a n y mo re work t o d e t e r m i n e v'h i c h t y p e o f d i o x i n was in the OCP? A. Our a n a l y t i c a l eq uip m en t i s p r e t t y s o p h i s t i c a t e d , b u t th e d io x in was i n s u c h t r a c e amounts t h a t o u r e q u ip m e n t c a n ' t t e l l w h ich isomer was there (explained d i f f e r e n t v a r i e t i e s o f d i o x i n s ) . Q. What k in d o f d i o x i n d id the EPA f i n d in th e w o rk e rs' b lo o d ? A. I d o n 't know; ask them. Q. S i n c e t h e EPA i s t a l k i n g a b o u t d i o x i n i n p a r t s p e r t r i l l i o n i n th e w o r k e r s ' .b lo o d and y o u r s o p h i s t i c a t e d e q u i p m e n t can m ea su re ' down t o . 0 1 0 p a r t s p e r m i l l i o n , why t h e d i s c r e p a n c y i n t e s t i n a ? 7. We w e r e s u r p r i s e d t h a t t h e EPA c o u l d m e a s u r e d i o x i n s down i n t h e low p a r t s p e r t r i l l i o n . Our a n a l y t i c a l p e o p le d o n ' t know the ecuipm ent they are using although th ere i s no reason to doubt t h a t t h e y ' V e found a new way t o m easu re d i o x i n s in t h e s e s m a l l amounts. Q. What are you d o in g ab o u t th e d i o x i n s in y o u r OCP? 7.. The d i o x i r . s i n t h e OCP d o n ' t b e l o n g t h e r e . T h e y ' r e a p r o d u c t i o n im p urity e ' v c made t h i s p r o d u c t f o r many y e a r s and n e v e r found any TCDD i n i t . When t h e EPA a s k e d us t o s a m p l e o u r r e s e r v e sar:.pl e f rom t h e t a n k c a r i n v o l v e d , we a i d f i n d T C D D . We s t a r t e d C00S34 H th e n t o s tu d y ou r e n t i r e p r o c e s s and f i n d t h e TCDD and e li m i n a t e * t . S in c e th e n we h a v e made two c h a n g e s i n o u r p r o c e s s . H opeu l l y , w e've g o tte n r id o f th ese tr a c e amounts o f d io x in ; bu t we w o n 't know u n t i l o u r t e s t s a r e c o m p le te d . Source of answer; F ile s Handled by: !/ /LA C. Isham